The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-08-28
THE FASHION OF TIPS.
HOTEL RULES ARE HELPLESS TO
PREVENT THE IMPOSITION.

How American Bakshcesh Is bAtrarted
Mt Summer Rc-orts-Tipping Confined
To Feeling Wsiters-t Tip to the Pnbiie.
Outrage- Of the system.
The American vacation is rendered I'M
/ endurable lay the fashion. folly and science
Of tips. Harvard boys who have not
m%illiOnaires for fathers stand behind the
! chairs 81 done up and played out tourists,
expecting 10 pay their term bills with
vacation service and tips. The tips Of n
handsome and polite waiter are so large
that his wages ARE a mattcr Of no account.
Hotel rules ARE helpless Ia prevent the inn
position. You must tip, or wait and SEQ
your neighbor served. not only first, but
better served. These are the two things
an American cannot dO. His first laws
Of existence are that he il the equal 0f any
man and that be is ia % hurry. lie can
establish mis- equality and got bis break
fast promptly by tipping % quarter. and
be does it,. OF late the walters in the
summer resorts have improved dc .l,tcm
10y exchanging places. Tie wro,c'ol tour
list. who has literally feed one .uapkin
knight for his breakfast. finds LclinI his
chair at dining a fresh u%ntippcl fellow
and at supper another. He must g.. the
whole retinuc II he remains long crouch.
OR. il hc ices 20 another resort. g.. viii
find another hungry crowd. and be- must
begin the same routine afre,h. American
baksheesh is not demanded. but it is ney-
ertleleSs enforced.
THE lfrFNfp 4r rr
The science Of tips is 10 give the exact
amount that will secure the reputation If
hberality and wealth, but avoid that II
softuess. The soft is blcd. hut mot served
Boots understands him. and makes him
come down handsomely for half % shine.
II is Is very delicate matter, that thc tray
eler learns in due time 10 adjust himself
To with nice precision. There arc half dole
lar hotels, where 20 offer q quarter would
secure only contempt and neglect. and
there are quarter dollar resorts where 70
Zip "a half dollar Would De 10 exhibit yOur-
self easy 10 be flccCed.
American tipping, however, IS not con-
fined 10 feeling walters. There f, % special
public 10 be fed on all occasions that
bring "a man before the public. Emerson.
shortly before his death, called for his
daughter 10 great distress. My dear
daughter, 90 he said, "this woman wants o
pair Of my pantal0ons. Really. Ellen
wen-you viii have 20 see 60 it.n Ellen
found it was q collector Of poets brccchcs,
coats, shirts and other garments, out Of
which she proposed 10 create % fire rug.
Really. what night has q men 90 be a
philosopher who can not philo~ophically
tip % pair ~ pantaloous 90 every collector?
l0ugfell0w actually gave the woman a
shirt. Whittier % drab coat; Lowell had
pulled off his scarf; and now why should
not Emerson spare his uumeutiouabless
With what pride and delight shall we
imagine that thrifty Puritan dame sitting
before her fire and pointing out 20 visitors
The salient points 81 her rug
A LITTLE TOO MUCH
Longfellow on enc occasion received
from a lady 100 cards, with the request
that Doe would write his name ou each. as
The lady desired 20 present them 90 her
guests at a LOngfellOw dinner party. The
poet consid red the tip more than the
lady. who was "a stranger, was entitled t0.
Most Of those vino constitute the great
public must be satisfied with 10 Zip in tho
way Of a handshakc. This no man may
at his peril, be he poet, postmaster
Or president. Our present chief executive
has q vast capacity in this regard. Ills
handshake never reaches above Use elbow.
II does not disturb the equilibrium OF his
nerves. He rather fattons on tips: where
as to- shake hands meant with Lincoln 40
enormous drain Of his vitality.
Funeral tips and wedding tips are the
two supreme outrages Of the system.
There is in them no compensation what
ever. Why honor 20 the dead should zee
qure % poor mar 10 mortgage his house 90
pay an undertaker's bin. including twenty
or ten useless carriages, and other quite
ms needless items, is uneXplainablc. Tips
10 the dead should he abolished. tips 10
tho living should at least secure an equiv
llcut-St Louis Globe Democrat.